Townland. It is the property of Mr. Blake of Kilconnal. 2/3 of this townland is under tillage, the remainder heathy pasture and mixed with furze. It is bounded on the East for a short distance by the road from Galway to Tuam, and a bye road passes through its centre. The general surface varies from 121 to 191 feet above the sea at low water of a h.[Unable to read.] tide.

Situation:

It is situated near the N. Eastern end of the parish. Bounded on the north by Ballinstuckaun and Gortbeg, East by Killererin Parish and South by do, West by Ardskeabeg and Cummer Parish.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:

A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169

Townland:

Brackloon is a townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS map of this area.(Click on place name to view original map in new window.):

Ireland was first mapped in the 1840s. These original maps are available online.(This information will display in a new window.)

Church records of births, deaths and marriages are available online at http://www.rootsireland.ie. To search these records you will need to know the 'church parish' rather than the 'civil parish'. (The civil parish is the pre-reformation parish and was frequently used as a unit of administration in the past.)

Brackloon is in the civil parish of Kilmoylan Parish.

Roman Catholic parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Roman Catholic parish or parishes.

Cummer

Church of Ireland parishes:

This civil parish corresponds with the following Church of Ireland parish.

Kilmoylan

In general, the civil parish and the Church of Ireland parish are the same, but, this is not always the case.

Other Sources

Information from the Logainm database. (This information will display in a new window.):